UC Tennis Eliminated from BIG EAST Championships

UC Tennis Eliminated from BIG EAST Championships

UC Tennis Eliminated from BIG EAST ChampionshipsUC Tennis Eliminated from BIG EAST Championships

April 24, 2010

South Bend, Ind. - The University of Cincinnati women's tennis team, the No. 9 seed, had its stay at the BIG EAST Championships ended in the second round, dropping a 4-2 decision to No. 12-seed Connecticut at the Courtney Tennis Center in Notre Dame, Ind. On April 23.

Despite losing the doubles point and the No. 6 and No. 4 singles and trailing 3-0 in the match, the Bearcats continued to fight to come from behind. UC took the next two points in the match to cut the score to 3-2 with wins by Saffiya Ismail (6-2, 6-1) and Lindsey Lonergan (6-3, 7-6) at the No. 2 and 3, respectively.

The Huskies were able to close out the match with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ksenia Slynko at the No. 1 position. The loss was Slynko's first in five career BIG EAST Championship matches.

The Bearcats finished the season with an 11-13 record.